The Introduction of Frank Booth in Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
Like most erotic films made by respected arthouse filmmakers, David Lynch’s Blue Velvet polarized critics and audiences and was met with both Oscar recognition and protests. Most of the controversy concerned the film’s most infamous scene, criticized for being misogynistic as well as depraved, in which Dennis Hopper inhales oxygen and engages in abusive sexual activity with Isabella Rosellini while being watched by Kyle Maclachlan. David Cronenberg would be met with a similar mix of praise and disgust ten years later, with the controversial auto-accident-fetish film Crash.
Jesus Has Sex in The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese, 1988)
Obviously Christian groups would get upset with a film that depicts Jesus (Willem Dafoe) in a sex scene with Mary Magdalene (Barbara Hershey), and so it was no surprise that protests began many months prior to the release of The Last Temptation of Christ when such a scene was first reported to exist. Never mind that the scene is only part of a dream/vision Jesus has while being tempted by Satan and is not exploitive. Many would continue to slam the film without even watching it. One French Catholic group famously went to see it, but only to throw a Molotov cocktail at the screen.
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68 Comments
amit | November 29, 2012 4:40 AM
nice
AUSSIE! | November 10, 2012 9:12 AM
I would have thought Bad Boy Bubby would have garnered a mention here.
quitiara | July 8, 2012 4:33 AM
So is there a sex scene in Lolita that has nudity. Cause I watched the movie on the internet and never saw nudity. So if I buy the the DVD for it will there be nudity? Cause I prefer there not to be.
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aismail | June 24, 2012 9:09 AM
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emir | June 8, 2012 4:28 AM
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Dave | April 10, 2012 1:10 PM
Why are any of these controversial? What times are we living in here? People need to chill out about sex. Our society needs to evolve, fast.
Mark Davis | April 2, 2012 7:27 PM
What about Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom by Pasolini? Though you could easily and rightly argue that these are not sex acts but torture.
sedikizaki | March 29, 2012 3:05 PM
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salmi | March 16, 2012 1:43 PM
i think that was so good. But some kinds of erotic scene should be added.
Tresix | March 4, 2012 8:19 PM
How about Russ Meyer's VIXEN (1968)? One of the first movies to receive and X rating, VIXEN features an incest scene where Vixen (Erica Gavin) gets it on with her brother Judd (Jon Evans). A scene so shocking, it even grosses out Judd's friend, Niles (Harrison Page).
lostintransaction | November 26, 2011 10:58 AM
Kate Winslet's character in "The Reader" was NOT a Nazi at the time that she engaged in her romance with the young boy; she entered into the Nazi party only AFTER she lost contact with her young lover. This fact might seem like a small detail, but it played a large part in the dynamics between the two characters in the film.
Toto | November 24, 2011 7:07 AM
Just a fun fact; when Lynch started blue velvet he was going to have Dennis Hopper inhale helium. It was Hopper's idea to have nitrous oxide.
Lynch didn't know what it was. It's a little endearing.
But I'd like to add the first of the evil dead trilogy in which one of the women is raped by possessed trees. It's very intricate, tearing her clothes off, tying her up, and seeing a branch jam itself inside her.
She then becomes possessed herself. All very good and cheesy.
Dot-The-i | November 15, 2011 3:20 PM
Fish tank, then Ken Park, the one that I've been looking for it streamed on Lifetime mid-upper 90's it was a scene whereabouts the Lolita kind of where a man was at firework show picnic with daughter and mother, and had his arm and the mother's affection on one side, and his other hand was in between the legs of the daughter or adolescent, unknowing to the older woman it was like dude that was imagery for a 13-15 year old boy, if u no what movie it is reply back tyvm
matti | November 12, 2011 10:29 AM
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Charles | September 21, 2011 10:42 AM
I'd say if i had to choose a most controversial sex scene it would either be the stabbing genitals with a crucifix scene in the exorcist or.... most of A Serbian film.
There are some proper fucked up scenes in that.... a man having sex with a baby that's just come out of the womb (new born porn scene) and the scene where the main character is having sex with a woman whose tied to a bed, whilst he's hacking her head off spring to mind.... Oh and the scene where he's fucking his 8 year old son in the ass.
It is a film I won't be watching again any time soon. i thought it was just a stupid attempt to shock and offend anyone who dares to watch it.
lcpbeto | August 19, 2011 7:08 AM
Anybody know the name of one movie where a woman strip in front of children? Its not porn... but was a very good scene, the kids for a moment stob beeing kids and watch very closely the full naked woman...
david K | July 24, 2011 6:49 AM
one that comes to mind for me is the "ass to ass" scene from Requiem for a Dream, it was the reason the movie was rated nc 17 and anyone who has seen the movie that scene will never leave their brain
nabeel | July 17, 2011 8:04 AM
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Becareful | July 13, 2011 10:37 AM
hahahaaa! you people are so lame. there is only one movie that can be called the most vile, despicable, frightening, horrifying, shocking and on and on with the descriptions. And that movie is called Irreversible. WARNING: DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO, which is available to view for free online by anyone if you go to a free movie site, if you are at all sensitive to brutal RAPE and MURDER and VIOLENT ASSAULT against female scenes. There is a rape scene that lasts for what, around 10 minutes where Monica Belucci is anally raped by a gay pimp. It appears that they actually have anal sex in this scene. Horrifyingly awful and scary and will never ever leave your mind. There is also a murder scene where a gay attempted rapist is beaten with a fire extinguisher to death and the entire beating to the face and head is shown in close up graphic detail with bran matter and facial bones and tissue and teeth and oral everything is shown in agonizing detail as the man dies slowly. This will haunt you forever. Again, please, this is a dire warning, do not view this film if you are at all prone to depression, anxiety, worry, obsessive thoughts.
danny | June 17, 2011 7:16 AM
Fuck you you fucking retard virgin indian... give ur opinions on the entry or shut the fuck up... really stupid...
yeah... sex scene in kids should be in the list... its quite disturbing watching how kids dont realised how dangerous HIV/AIDS is...
so fuck you fucking curry!
Larsen E. Whipsnade | April 27, 2011 1:59 AM
Re Pink Flamingos: The chicken scene isn't even the most offensive scene!
I'd nominate the women being held captive in the basement, forced to give birth to babies that are then sold. That's some harsh stuff, isn't it?
Or how about when Babs ********** her son Cotton?
The contortionist who performs to "Surfin' Bird" is pretty classic too, as is the dog**** scene.
Great.
sm in dallas | April 16, 2011 1:08 AM
kids and sex is always going to be controversial. the religious crap means nothing to me because I'm not religious and neither is 75% of the Western world.
Chris | March 17, 2011 8:42 AM
What about A Clockwork Orange?
BigBill's HalfwayInn | February 23, 2011 7:26 AM
Several movies by Joe D'Amato depict cannabalistic sex; one of his torture scenes was so real that people thought it was. Some of Jess Franco's work is quite daring. The Government created all kinds of controversy when trying to ban Deep Throat. The Emmanuelle and Black Emmanuelle series usually include some kind of orgy. The Postman Always Rings Twice with Jessica Lange, Straw Dogs with Susan Day George, Death Wish with a young Jeff Goldblum, Jane March in 2 memorable movies and I Spit On Your Grave, the 1978 original and the new release to add another ten.
rakesh | February 21, 2011 7:16 AM
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chris | January 30, 2011 2:05 AM
If you don't like what you see then press the ^ button. I agree with the other chris
chris | January 30, 2011 1:55 AM
I love good sex scene movies. The more controversial the better. If I was religious then I would dare to say that censorship is against god but since I'm not then I will just have to say that it is unamerican. There are certain types of music that I don't like and certain tv shows that I can't stand so I simply don't tune in, this is something that all the bitchers should try instead of doing what they do best.
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john | October 22, 2010 9:31 AM
In the movie "Blue Velvet" Dennis Hopper was not inhaling oxygen. It was nitrous oxide. He was a huffer.
Notice that each time he used the gas mask he got wilder and wilder.
BREANNE | October 9, 2010 3:08 AM
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jl | September 15, 2010 10:50 AM
what about spanking the monkey?
Wahlbergcusack | September 15, 2010 10:43 AM
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Mithun | August 18, 2010 3:01 AM
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Mithun | August 18, 2010 3:01 AM
Hi kate ii m mhthun 4m india m ur big fan u know or not i dont no but i 've not saw the film the reader if u give sex scene its 2 bad not good u dont like 2 able this type of scene bcause u like an angel . When i saw ur nude scene i feel 2 bad u no. My friends n neibur like u how can we connect i dont understand this.kate please u dont give any type of nude or sex scean baby.i feel 2 bad we all respect u please please please please please....
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